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Fintech

OneCoin took in billions. Then its leader disappeared.

Federal prosecutors allege Ruja Ignatova, known as the Cryptoqueen, sold the promise of riches—but was really running a pyramid scheme

The splintering of one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency frauds began with an act of jealousy.

Ruja Ignatova, whose OneCoin raked in billions, suspected her boyfriend of stringing her along in late 2017, her brother later testified in federal court. So, he said, she had an associate rent an apartment beneath the boyfriend’s Florida digs and drill through the floor to eavesdrop.

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